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From the Principal’s

Perspective

1

Cheers and

Celebrations

1

International Flavour 3

Social Outreach

Programmes and

Endeavours

4

Sagarian Outdoor

Jaunts

4

Academics and

Scholastic Extension

5

Sporting Times 9

Co-curricular Zones 9

Learning Experiences

@ Seminars and

Workshops

10

Career Counselling 11

Words and Strokes 11-15

IN THIS ISSUEIN THIS ISSUE

TTHEHE SSAGARIANAGARIAN TTIMESIMES

Articles Page FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE

April - May 2015

The Sagar School

Tijara, District Alwar

Rajasthan - 301 411

Tel. No.+91 99833 08801 - 04

www.thesagarschool.org; e-mail: [email protected]

Editorial Board

Students Editors:

Vinum Gupta, class XI

Maria Jalil, class X

Arnav Rai, class VIII

Staff Editors:

Ms. Priya Wadhwa

Mr. Uttam Chatterjee

Photographs credits:

Mr. Sameer Aggarwal

Mr. Uttam Chatterjee

Design Editor: Mr. Arjun Singh

Ranked No. 1 Co-ed boarding school in Rajasthan by Education World

Ringing in the new session brings with it positive notes of renewed hope, higher goals and

promises of better achievements. The new academic session has a healthy balance of sports

and co-curricular activities along with academics. It is my pleasure to share with you that

our board students of classes X and XII have made us proud and while revelling in this

beautiful achievement we reiterate our stand to make The Sagar School, a home for

learning and excelling in a safe, secure and green environment.

CHEERS AND CELEBRATIONS

Ringing in the New Session (2015-16)-April 1

Parents were warmly greeted and welcomed by the Principal in an Orientation Session in

the auditorium. All were acquainted with

the ethos of TSS by the Principal and the

Vice Principal. They also saw a presentation

with glimpses of the School activities.

‘Conditions Apply’ was another inspiring

documentary on parenting. The Pastoral

team was introduced on the occasion.

Special Assemblies:

April 7: ‘From Farm to Plate-Make Food Safe’- A special assembly was conducted on this

theme on World Health Day. Mr. Anil

Kumar, a food -safety executive with

Sodexo, shared his expertise on the

importance of personal hygiene for

healthy living. He sensitized the

students on microorganisms which

can cause food poisoning and

precautions to be taken thereof. In an

afternoon session the IAYP students addressed the women from Malliyar Gujjar on health

and food safety related issues, guided by Mr. Anil Kumar.

HEALTH MATTERS

SAY NO TO BULLYING

At the beginning of the new session the school sensitized the

Sagarians to its policy of zero tolerance towards bullying. The

Principal interacted with students and shared the

psychological and verbal implications.

Anti Bullying Awareness-April, 8

PARENT ORIENTATION



Prize Distribution- April, 10

Winners of International Mathematics and English

Olympiad organised

by Science Olympiad

Foundation were

felicitated in the

morning assembly.

Participants in the

Edu Heal Finance Olympiad also received

certificates. Notable positions achieved in the

International English Olympiad - Helga, class VIII - 20th

position and Pradhumn Rao, class XII-15th position in

the state respectively.

OLYMPIAD WINNERS

Ambedkar Jayanti-April, 14

Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar’s birthday was celebrated in the

morning assembly. Ruby House presented a special

assembly on the life and times of Dr. Bhimrao

Ambedkar. Audio recordings were played which

reflected his personal struggles and his endeavours to

free the society from the clutches of social evils. Students

presented audio recordings speech embedded with

sliding stills of various public meetings addressed by him

in order to educate people about equal status of all human

beings irrespective of caste, creed or religion. Students

got opportunity to take part in the brain storming and

interactive sessions to assimilate the concept related to

Ambedkar’s Struggle in the fight against untouchability.

ARCHITECT OF THE INDIAN

CONSTITUTION

World Earth Day-April, 22

‘Water Wonderful World’ was the theme of the World

Earth Day. A special assembly which included a power

point presentation and an animated video, highlighting

the importance of ‘Recycle, Reduce And Reuse’ was also

shown.

OUR MOTHER PLANET

On this special occasion the School’s choir prepared a

special song on Earth Day.

The Principal appreciated the overall content of the

programme and also recapitulated various recycling

activities observed in our School to keep our campus

‘green’.

Two students-Aryaman Gir and Kunal Gurnani from

class XII participated in a PPT competition held at

Summerfields School, Gurgaon.

Aao Chalo Mil Kar Iss Dharti Ko Swarg Banaye

THE WORLD OF WORDS

World Books and Copyright Day – April 23

Abraham Lincoln’s affection towards books and book

donors was amply reflected in a special assembly

organized by Sapphire House on the occasion of the

World Book and Copyright Day. The speakers shared

introductory information about the legal aspects of

copyright and its importance. A simplified and animated

video of rules related to Copyrights in U.K. was also

shown.

The Principal and the Vice Principal interacted with the

students and emphasized on the need to make reading a

daily habit. They talked about the importance of books,

reading and literary creativity.

An Essay writing competition was also organised on the

occasion of World Book and Copyright Day:

Classes IV-VI: Books are Friends for Life

Classes VII-VIII: Reading is a Non-Stop Journey

Classes IX-XII: Finishing A Good Book is Like Leaving

a Good Friend



World Intellectual Property Right Day – April 28

Students gave video presentations related to importance

of intellectual properties especially about music as this

year’s theme for this day is ‘Get Up, Stand Up for Music’.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Aarushi Sharma,

Commerce

Scored 93.6%

Khumlong T. Avennoho,

Humanities

Scored 93%

Thoinu Karam,

Science

Scored 92.2%

Penlimong Syntyche Imchen,

Humanities Scored 92%

Neeraj,

Commerce Scored 91.2%

World Labour Day- May, 1

A special assembly was organized to mark Labour day.

The formation of trade union and existing child labour as

well as legal aspects of bondage labour were highlighted

in an interesting video.

HELPING HANDS Academic Results- 2015

A reason to smile for and cheer, has been the results of

our students who appeared for their board exams in the

month of March. The results have been encouraging as

we reiterate our commitment to achieve academic

excellence.

Class X Results 2015

7.4 per cent of our students achieved the top score of 10

CGPA

17 per cent achieved a score in the range of 9 to 9.9 CGPA



100 per cent students have got the qualifying grade

Our student toppers with a CGPA score of a perfect 10 are:

Archana Yengkhom Parth Yadav Sushma Kshetrimayum

Class XII Results 2015

* 9.3 per cent achieved over 90 per cent marks

* 20.4 per cent achieved in the range of 80 to 90 per cent

* 28 per cent student achieved 70 to 80 per cent

* 100 per cent is the pass percentage

Our toppers from the batch are:

Expatriate Teachers@TSS

The visiting German teacher writes:

When I arrived in India, I didn't know what to

expect. People told me it would be difficult to adjust to

the cultural and environmental differences and this made

me a little bit nervous. To be honest, everything turned

out much different and so much better than I expected.

On the first day in Rajasthan, at The Sagar School, I had

the pleasure to see the celebrated cricket match between

‘The Sagar School Teachers’ and ‘Remfry and Sagar’.

Everything was new to me, especially this

weird ballgame that I had never watched before, but the

people in this School didn't let me feel like a foreigner at

all. Meghana Ma'am, the German teacher of the school,

showed me the School and introduced me to most of the

teachers. Everyone was extremely friendly to me and

teachers as well as students were interested in me and

my personality and wanted to interact. Surrounded by

open-minded and interesting people I never felt

uncomfortable in this new environment and even in

situations that were new to me, everyone showed

understanding and helped without me having to ask even

once.

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Especially Meghana Ma'am whom I was assisting in

German class, helped me a lot in finding my place in this

School and she became a good friend during the three

months I spent in India.

Also I will never forget the fun time I spent with all

junior and senior students on the football pitch. The

highlight was the farewell football match between 12th

class students and teachers that we, the teachers, lost 3:4.

I could write so much more about the places I visited and

the interesting and mostly wonderful impressions I got

from India, but the most valuable experience was

spending time in a completely new environment with

different, very interesting and nice people. Learning

about their culture and telling about mine opened my

eyes in many ways.

I have to admit that I missed my home, culture and

friends sometimes, but in the end it is hard to say good

bye to the extremely nice and friendly teachers and staff

of this school, wonderful and funny students and many

really good friends that I made here and hope to stay in

touch with until I come back to India or they visit me in

Austria. I will definitely find my way back to this

School, because I'll never forget the three months I spent

here. Everyone here gave me so much and broadened my

mind, so I hope that I was able to help one or the other as

well in any kind of situation.

Thank you very much for everything and see you soon in

The Sagar School again.

Best regards,

Gustav ‘SIR’

John and Eileen two expatriate teachers from the States

joined us on 4th January. Their four month stay included

Eileen giving French lessons to our students, having

French as second and third language.

SAGARIAN OUTDOOR JAUNTS

Dusk and Dawn at the mountains of Aravali:

Wangchuk T. Tonyot, class IX, with inputs from Ms. Shipra

Bahl

We were asked to assemble outside the dining hall at

4:00 pm. With excitement in our eyes, caps on our heads,

we were all ready for overnight camping at the Aravali.

So many of us were new and it was our first time to camp

with our class mates and teachers. We reached the

destination in about 20 minutes.

John an architect by profession with a special affinity for

fine arts gave valuable lessons in art and creativity to our

students. Students watched with fascination as he worked

on a miniature model of the School.

SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME AND ENDEAVOURS

On the occasion of the Red Cross Day: The IAYP Volunteers and other students of The Sagar

School visited ‘The Mother Teresa home’, Alwar on May

3, to interact with the 150 inmates housed there. They

observed and imbibed the selfless spirit of the caretakers.

Our team of students and teachers spent quality time with

the inmates and distributed utility items and a cash

amount of `11,000.

TOGETHER WE CAN…MAKE A DIFFERENCE

John Stephen Lorenz from USA: Thank you for your

service and the attention you have given us. You made

our 9 months stay hear even more pleasant and

enjoyable.

Eileen Barbara Lorenz from Washington USA: This

has been our home away from home at The Sagar

School. You have made our stay pleasant anticipated our

way needs and always with a smile! Thank you so much!



It was time for some sight–seeing and we were

mesmerized by the sheer beauty of the Aravalis. We

posed, clicked and took as many pictures as we could.

Mr. Uttam Chatterjee enlightened us on the correct

postures and angles to get ourselves clicked.

Then we were served pakodas and cold drinks, it was

very refreshing. Mr. Sameer Agarwal, Ms. Shipra Bahl

and Mr. Bhanwar Singh made the children of class IX

A and IX B compete for the Tug of War. Class IX A

won the game and the exhilaration was palpable. Then

we played Kho-Kho and this time, the game was won

by IX B and chocolates were distributed as prizes.

At night we all swayed to some nice English songs,

gathered around a bonfire. Later as the night was

getting darker, we shared some interesting ghost stories

which gave us goose-bumps.

Then, we relished the dinner prepared by the Sodexo.

It was fun eating together under the dim light, music

and buzz of talks from every corner. Some of us talked

till late at night and some slept in the tents.

We woke up at 5:45 am and were told to go for

trekking. We did rope climbing and also enjoyed in the

sand with our teachers and kept falling over each other.

Back at the base camp, we ate Noodles and boiled eggs

with some refreshing cold milk.

We had to return despite our reluctance. Our heartiest

thanks to all the Sodexo bhaiyas for all the co-operation

and help. Thank you all for making this camping trip a

memorable one of our lives.

FUN UNLIMITED

Class X goes camping…April 19

Imtisal Ahmed, class X B with inputs from Ms. Shivani Gupta

One of the most memorable nights at The Sagar School

was our camp night. Armoured with caps and geared up

with ice cold water, the camp enthusiasts gathered outside

the Dining Hall by 5:00 pm. Amidst cheers and laughter,

the battalion marched out of our School, crossed the fields

and after climbing the hillocks, the campers reached the

campsite which is a beautiful place surrounded by the

Aravalis. After settling down, some went to explore the

nearby hills while the others equipped themselves to play

cricket with the village kids. It was almost dusk and the

twilight turned the atmosphere to a ghostly orange colour

giving the lovely hills an even more eerie look. As the sun

set we all gathered around the camp site and had our

refreshments.

We had fun games and street plays portraying current

social issues by the individual groups. The delicious

aroma filled our nostrils and we couldn’t resist ourselves

and relished the food cooked for us. Some of us helped in

serving the students while the others served our teachers

afterwards.

We eagerly awaited Mr. Rajiv Tokas, the ghost stories

expert who quickly started weaving his magic. When it

got too much, a change in the scenario was needed and we

were lured by some awesome and whacky music. All

moved and grooved to the music.

Few of us chose to sleep in the tents while the rest slept

beneath the starry sky observing the Orion Constellation

slothfully moving towards the west.

We all woke up early next morning and were very excited

about the last camp activity-sliding on the sandy hill.

After trekking up and down many hillocks we reached the

site, all cheered and enthusiastically began to run down

the slope feeling weightless for a moment and

experiencing high g-force when reaching the horizontal

land at high speed. Huffing and puffing, we returned at

our camp site to eat the D-E-L-icious Noodles prepared by

our friends. We thanked the Sodexo Staff, the security

guards and merrily chatted away on our trip back to the

School.



ACADEMICS AND SCHOLASTIC EXTENSION

Inter Class Notice Board Competition-April, 6

A lot of creativity and talent was exhibited by students

who decorated their notice boards beautifully on

interesting and thought provoking themes:

Classes IV-VI: Spring season, Cartoon characters.

Classes VII-VIII: Spring and summer seasons, Good

health and hygiene.

Classes IX-X: Sports and Games, Landscapes,

Ornamental designs.

Classes XI-XII: Portraits and caricatures, Nature and

poems.

And the winners were:

Junior group:

I: Tie between class VIII A and V, II: VIII B, III: Class

IX

The winners received special tuck amounts of `1,000,

`750 and `500 respectively from which they held mini

parties with their teachers-in-charge!

CH…ART MANIA

Tushita Chanda of class XI writes:

Hardly had I spent 3-4 days in TSS when I got to know

that there is an Inter class Board competition. I was

pretty happy about it, as I love making new stuff and

decorating things. The theme provided was really very

good and we all tried to think something out of a box, and

eventually we did because we scored the 2nd position

amongst so many classes. My experience was amazing;

full of giggles, chuckles and laughter, so much of hard

work and a new beginning of friendship with people. The

best part was sharing the food with everyone and paving

a new road to friendship.

Interhouse Poetry Recitation Competition-April 18

Poetry Recitation helps build the foundation for learning

to read as they are exposed to the sounds and rhythms of

language in an enjoyable way. It is a great vehicle for

learning how complex thoughts, humorous ideas, deep

emotions or entire narrations can be expressed with

carefully chosen words.

This year the participants of the Inter House Poetry

Recitation Competition chose poems ranging from

classics to modern poetry to self-composed poems, which

allowed evocative rendering and transported the audience

to the realm of fancy created by the beautiful words.

Poems recited by The Sagarians reflected the importance

of Friends, the role of humour in our lives, the concerns

for our environment, youth’s perspective of life and

society and the historical and epical poems. The

participants were judged on the basis of the selection of

the poem, voice modulation, pronunciation and

intonation, fluency and presentation and memory.

The Principal while giving away the awards appreciated

the style of each participant while emphasising on the

importance of tone and mood of the poem.

The First Position high-fliers are Aastha Puniyani

(Diamond House, class VI), Priyanka Advani (Sapphire

House, class VIII) & Vasu Mittal (Emerald House, class

VIII), Kanika Khokhran (Diamond House, class X),

Maria Jalil (Sapphire House, class XI).

Inter House English Creative Writing Competition

April, 9

The participants of the Creative Writing Competition let

their artistic juices run wild and unhindered and

displayed their writing skills.

While the Junior Sagarians had story starters as ‘I had a

dog…, The man looked at me…, If I were a butterfly…;

the middle division students had to develop an

interesting story by choosing any five elements from –

‘An old enemy, Identical twins, Party invitation, Locked

room, Spiders, A fake illness, a scream, an unopened let-

ter, a stranger, a diary’-; the Senior wing students had

story endings as ‘…..I closed the door for ever,……she

laughed and then she cried,… Incredibly I am still alive,

…….and the applause went on and on and on.’

First Position: Moksh Prasad, class V, Helga

Khumanthem, class VIII, Khushbu Mittal, class X,

Akash Bhunia, class XI)

Second Position: Aakash Yadav, class V, Priyanka

Advani, class VIII, Vedant Mathur, class X, Maria Jalil ,

class XI)

Third Position: Krish Agrawal, class IV, Divyansh

Duggal, class VIII & Purvi Wadhwa, class VIII, Aditya

Grover, class X, Sushma Kshetrimayum, class XI)



THE ROBINS AND THE NIGHTINGALES

READING AND WRITING TIMES

Name Class Position

Krish Agarwal IV 1st

Akash Yadav IV 2nd

Sheloka Vusshe IV 3rd

Ynagchuk Renee Rinzing V 1st

Abhika Pathak V 2nd

Akshaya Hawaibam V 2nd

Hitansh Gupta V 3rd

Aastha Punyani VI 1st

Vupivi K. Yeptho VI 2nd

Sonam Bhutia VI 2nd

Ridhi Sharma VI 3rd

Dev Krishna Goyal VI 3rd

Muhammad Hammad Khalid VII A 1st

Karanpreet Singh VII B 2nd

Sakshi VII B 3rd

Keshav Goyal VIII A 1st

Gourang Sharma VIII B 2nd

Helga Khumanthem VIII A 2nd

Vasu Mittal VIII B 3rd DECKING UP IS FUN…

The Second Position achievers are: Samiksha Negi

(Diamond House, class VI), Helga Khumanthem

(Diamond House, class VIII), Muskan Rungta (Emerald

House, class X), Sushma Kshetrimayum (Diamond

House, class XI).

The Third Position go-getters are Meme Natung

(Sapphire House, class V), Divyansh Duggal (Ruby

House, class VIII), Khushbu Mittal (Sapphire House,

class X), Mayank Agarwal (Diamond House, class XI)

Inter Class Essay Competition -April, 23

The competition which took place on World Book and

Copyright Day, was taken up passionately and

enthusiastically by the students.

RESULTS

Kayum Yirang IX B 1st

Harsh Vardhan Gupta IX B 2nd

Ayush Kumar IX A 3rd

Vedant Mathur X A 1st

Kanika Khokharan X B 2nd

Imtisal Ahmed X B 3rd

Mohammed Jamshed X A 3rd

Bengia Tagar XI B 1st

Maria Jalil XI A 2nd

Aakash Bhunia XI A 3rd

Tenzing Norphel Bhutia XII A 1st

Kanika Marwarh XII B 2nd

Vinum Gupta XII C 3rd

Bengia Tagar, class XI - 1st prize winner writes:

One thing that I like doing a lot is reading novels and

thinking really hard to come up with my own words. And

as for my essay, it was a really wonderful experience. It

was hard to write something on my own in the most

dramatic way for the readers. Well I hope everyone gets

to experience this as it was somewhat amazing. The

result was also somewhat unexpected as I had not

visualized clinching the first prize.

Inter Block Decoration Competition

After the class decoration competitions, it was the turn of

the hostels and the students geared up to deck up their

blocks for the Inter Block decoration Competition on 20th

April. The winners were:

I: Block-A, class VI boys under Ms. Rani Sinha.

Block-D, IV to X Girls (Ms. Anita Negi) secured the

second position.

Block-C, XI-XII Girls (Ms. Manjula Ambastha) stood

third.



DEMOCRATIC TIMES

Sonam of Class VI writes:

At first I thought we would lose. When the judges came,

we felt like OMG! We are going to lose. We hoped that

we had decorated our boards beautifully. When the

judges remarked, that our boards were looking pretty, I

felt very happy. We still thought that junior girls will

win as usual as they have a record of always landing at

the top position in TSS. After few days the results were

to be announced in the assembly and we were all so

nervous at that time. Then suddenly with a shock Kanyal

Sir announced that for the first time in TSS history Junior

boys had beaten the junior girls. At last my expression

was OMG! Seriously, we won and at the same time we

went on the stage to take away our prize and to get our

victory picture clicked. Happiness, Happiness and

Happiness. Our Houseparent Ms. Rani Sinha was also

smiling as she had helped and inspired us.

Student Council Elections

Democracy shone and made its presence felt with a bang

as Elections for the Student Council- 2015-16 were held

on 27th April through the secret ballot system set up in

polling booths in the classrooms. Prior to voting each

nominee from the Junior and senior side was allowed to

campaign for herself/ himself in the presence of the

entire school, gathered at the Amphitheatre.

Astronomical Times

Lunar Eclipse: April 04

Students observed the Lunar Eclipse in the beginning of

April from the vantage point of the observatory. The

lunar eclipse was total but from the location of The Sagar

School, only the latter part was visible, i.e. the partial

phases. On lunar eclipse day the Sun, Earth and the Moon

are in a straight line. The Moon rose from the eastern

direction as soon as the Sun went down the western

direction. The shadow of the Earth was visible on upper

part of the Moon. The partial phases lasted for about one

hour and then the penumbral phases started. Students

enjoyed observing the lunar eclipse with the naked eye.

A simple lesson in the mechanics of the Solar System!

Learning to use the Observatory Telescope

Students are getting adept at using the permanently

mounted telescope in the observatory. To start off the

telescope you need to enter the Latitude & Longitude of

the place, and then you need to enter the correct time in

Universal Time zone. Finally you need to point the

telescope at a known bright star.

Students can now start off an observation session

completely on their own. The best part is that since the

telescope is permanently mounted, it can be operated

even in daytime, and pointed at bright planets. Students

have been observing the planet Venus in daytime. The

gibbous phase of Venus is clearly visible in daytime.

Daytime observation of Venus is more clear and stable

than night time observation because Venus can be

observed at greater height from the horizon.

High Resolution Planet Photography

In the months of April & May students images several

planets and the details on their surface. Moon, Jupiter,

Venus and Saturn were photographed in details. A

special event was also photographed. On 4th May the

shadow of Calisto was falling on the surface of Jupiter.

For more than a week, the campus was abuzz with

electoral activity as the candidates canvassed for

themselves and their friends. The voting system was

comprehended by even our young ones of class 4th who

proudly casted their votes!



Calisto is one of the bigger moons of Jupiter. Students

photographed the event with great clarity using The

Sagar School Observatory Telescope.

SPORTING TIMES

BATTLE OF WITS

Position House

1 Emerald

2 Ruby

3 Sapphire

4 Diamond

12 students also participated in

an open competition up to the

age of 12 years for boys.

Results:

Position House Class

1 Shaurya Sharma VI

2 Samarth Poptani VI

3 Sanskar Goyal VI

4 Shubham Saini VI

Friendly Cricket Match, May, 3

CLASS IX WINS

AGAINST BOYS OF CLASS

VII, VIII AND IX

BOYS ON A CYCLING

EXPEDITION WITH MR.

MUKESH KUMAWAT & MR.

RAJIV TOKAS

SGFI Badminton National at Pune, May, 6 -9

Aryaman Gir, class XII and Gaurav Yadav, class XI

participated here and were among the first 4 players from

the CBSE Team in the league matches.

Gaurav Yadav

Inter House Squash Championship-April, 30 to May, 3

SAPPHIRE HOUSE LIFTS THE TROPHY!

CO-CURRICULAR ZONES

Inter School Power Point Presentation-April, 22

Aryaman Gir and Kunal Gurnani of class XII had an

enriching experience at the Inter School Power Point

Presentation Competition, organised at Summer Fields

School, Gurgaon. The topic was ‘Each Drop Counts’.

About fifteen schools participated in this prestigious

competition and judges appreciated the approach of

showcasing the innovative method adopted for water

sewage treatment plant at our campus. It was for our

students.

Inter School Music Competition-April, 25

We were one among the nearly 25 schools from the NCR

Region who took part in an Inter School Group and Solo

Music Competition organised by the famous band

Rezonanz in association with Excelsior American School,

Gurgaon and hosted by the latter.

Tenzing Norphel Bhutia, class XII won the Second prize

in Solo singing competition and rest of our students got

consolation prizes for their performance.

Aryaman in Action

Cycling Expedition in May



LEARNING EXPERIENCES @ SEMINARS AND

WORKSHOPS

Day 2

* Effective teaching of Mathematics

* Setting up a Math Activity Centre

Day 3

* Roles and responsibility of a teacher

Ms. Geeta Khokhran-English Teacher writes:

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe

they can learn something from everybody and I

experienced the same with Mr. Sundaram, as his humility

and simplicity is notable. The workshop conducted on

effective teaching, understanding of subjects, strategies

and sustaining intrinsic motivation among the learners are

immensely beneficial for the teachers. He through, his

vast experience pinned out the consistent glitches in class

room teaching.

The presentation on Language training was informative,

as he touched upon the conceptual, skills based and

factual learning. He focused on the best strategies in

language learning and simultaneously sustaining the

motivation among the learners.

It is always an enriching experience to interact with the

stalwarts and veterans, who have a store house of

knowledge and experience.

‘Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember,

involve me and I learn.’ These words sum up the essence

of the workshop.

Mr. Anand Bohra –Mathematics Teacher writes:

It was an immense pleasure for all Sagar School teachers

to attend this workshop. Mr. Sundaram focused on basic

concepts at the primary and higher secondary level. He

also highlighted lab activities which could aid in better

understanding. The triangle and Polygon paper cutting

was very innovative.

SUR SANGAM

The Participants:

For Solo Singing: Tenzing Norphel Bhutia, class XII,

Vedant Mathur, Muskan Rungta from class X.

For Rock Band: Tenzing Norphel Bhutia, Sarthak Gaur

Pragyan Thapa and Abhishek Lamba, from class XII,

Aaron Engti, class X.

Tenzing Norphel Bhutia of class XII writes:

I participated in Solo and Group (Rock Band)

performances. We tried our level best but unfortunately

we did not receive any prize in Group (Rock Band)

performance. As a solo performer I got an opportunity to

present my musical talent before everyone and I bagged

the second position. It was a wonderful experience and

winning the award was just like an enormous

achievement for me. When the judges appreciated my

performance I was just feeling awesome. I was really

inspired by their valuable words and I promised to myself

that I will work hard to improve my singing abilities in

future. It was an enriching experience for me as I

competed at Inter school level and learnt a lot from the

judges and other participants. I would like to thank my

school, my friends and my music teacher for giving me

such a nice opportunity.

TEACHER’S WORKSHOP-May, 13-15

This extremely stimulating three day workshop was

conducted by Mr. S. Sundaram, an eminent educationist,

an avid mathematician and an academic advisor to

schools. The workshop was attended by the Principal,

Vice Principal and teachers. There were special sessions

for language and Math teachers.

He covered a lot of pertinent topics:

Day1

* Understanding teaching and learning

* Effective teaching of languages

TEACHING METHODOLOGIES



Leader Summit

The Head Boy Aryaman Gir and House Prefect Sarthak

Gaur from class XII participated in a skill based

leadership Summit held at Salwan Public School,

Gurgaon on 13th May. The main focus was on the

attributes and building of a successful leader. The summit

included a lot of activities, a short film and motivational

talk.

Sarthak Gaur Aryaman Gir

CAREER COUNSELLING

In the words of: Pradumn Rao, class XII

Ms. Pooja Dawar Rao, the Career Counsellor has affected

my life in a very positive way. The sessions with her for

my career seemed fruitful. I was made to channelize my

thoughts to

recognize my

goal and take

steps that I

should follow

to achieve my

goal. My goal

of being an

IAS officer can

now be achieved through the study and course plans as

advised by her. I thank The Sagar School to provide me

such a good opportunity to be guided on the path of my

career.

Counselling session with class IX-April, 18

Interacting and Learning

Chirayoo Verma of class IX writes:

The session with Ms. Purva, started with the thoughts

that trail with the word ‘Anger’ We were asked to enlist

the words and thoughts that co-relate with the feeling of

anger. There were so many inputs from the children and

it all zeroed in into the feeling of negativity. So, we all

realised that anger affects us only.

We were asked to mime our class mates, and then we

were asked to identify that person. We were also made

aware about the importance of teamwork, trust, belief

and friendship through some group activities. It was fun

as we were able to enjoy and it was all taken in good

spirits.

Counselling Session on April 10

Special inputs by Wangchuk, class IX

When we entered the CAT Room, the table and chairs

were scattered all over the place. We were very surprised

at this! The Counsellor, Ms. Purva introduced herself and

asked everyone to introduce themselves. She told us that

everyone was going to play a game. We were asked to

mention some good and some bad qualities of our friends

who were present in the room. Then we were asked to

make pairs and each pair was given a red cloth. The task

was to tie the cloth on the eyes of either of the partner.

The other person was to guide the person with the blind

to walk in between the scattered furniture. He could be

verbally instructed by his partner but not physically

guided. The partner also had to ensure that his team mate

was not hurt while making his way through the scattered

furniture till the other end.

This activity taught us the qualities of teamwork, trust,

belief and friendship.

WORDS AND STROKES

Incredibly I am Still Alive

(First prize winning entry in Creative Writing in the

senior group)

Miracles are a part of our life and most of us think that

miracles happen only in fictitious stories, fables and

ancient folklores. But, on the contrary to it I do believe in

it and have ample confidence in the fact that miracles

happen when human beings are in the worst case

scenario. You may call me weird, old fashioned or

superstitious type of guy but I was once that kind of

person who didn’t believe in these sort of things until an

incident shivered up my life and changed my way of

thinking and I hope so that even you would take things

the way I take it now after I narrate to you the following

incident...



long hours of school. As soon as I boarded the train, I

stuffed my ear plugs in my ears and played my favourite

music. The train was a little crowded, though not stuffy. I

was travelling to Trenton Bridge. We reached a station

and after a few minutes as the train was about to leave,

there was a loud sound of explosion and suddenly the

world around me started to collapse and I lost my

consciousness. May be after a few minutes or so, I

regained my consciousness and experienced a state of

homeostasis when suddenly I received a searing sensation

of pain down my back as I tried to jerk my body. Then I

turned around to see myself surrounded by torn bodies of

passengers. The seats were all uprooted and the train

carriage destroyed internally. My clothes were

bloodstained and my ears were ringing-echo. I felt as if

the life was seeping out of my body. I felt a huge weight

on my chest, as if the spirits of death were on me, sucking

the very life out of me. I wasn’t able to breathe, all I

could do was whimper a little, asking for help, not from

any human being but from god himself. God did come, to

my astonishment, but in the form of police inspector,

Robert Gordon, whose very kind efforts pulled me away

from the very grips of Satan. I was rushed to hospital and

as far as I know, I became unconscious with the hopes of

again being able to open my eyes. My hopes were

answered and I regained my consciousness, this time in

hospital with bandages all over my naked torso. I saw my

parents over there which certainly did bring tears to my

eyes . I broke down even more, when I saw that kind man

in black uniform with a grin on his face, holding his hat

as he stood by me.

Even today that kind gentle man is still in touch with me

and I remember the very day that changed my life

forever, though unfortunately, I became paralyzed hip

down. Every day that I wake up; seems to me as a

blessing. That very day was the day when I became a

victim of 7/1 London attack. I don't know what to say but

I still believe in miracles. Today whenever I tell my story

to my parents, friends, relatives and sometimes strangers

too, I end it by a simple sentence: ''incredibly I am still

alive''. So, keep believing in miracles, dear readers, as you

never know what awaits you at every turn of our life.

By Aakash Bhunia, class XI A

FRENCH

Mon Ecole

Le nom de mon école est The Sagar School. Elle a un

grand campus qui est totalement très vert. Il y a auprès 40

professeurs et 300 étudiants dans notre école qui sont

tous très bons. Dans notre école on apprend les sujets

comme les mathématiques, la science, l’anglais, la

science sociale, le français et l’allemand. Les classes sont

assez grandes et bien éclairées. Mes uniformes sont très

beaux. : un pantalon noir, une chemise blanche et des

souliers noirs etc.

Ici nous vivons tous comme une petite famille. Je me

sens chanceux d'y être. J’aime beaucoup mon école et je

suis fier d'être un Sagarian.

Purab Goelcha, class VIII A

Sauver de l’eau (Le poème)

Toutes les choses ont besoin de vivre,

Si nous pouvons ensemble sauver de l’eau.

C’est très précieux, n’est-ce pas !

Plus précieux que les diamonds et les bijoux.

Chaqu’un peut la sauver, mais comment ?

En la réutilisant, s’il vous plait.

Réservant-la pour votre avenir, par ne pas gaspiller,

Sauvez-la pour avoir l’avenir brillant.

Raj Salecha, class VIII A

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Selbstdarstellung(Myself)

Ich heisse Dev Goyal. Ich lerne in die Sagar

Schule,Tijara. Ich lerne in Klasse Sechs und lerne

Englisch, Hindi und Deutsch. Ich esse Pizza und

Schokolade.Ich spiele Fussball und schwimme. Meine

Freunde heissen Sonam, Sanskar,Gaurav und Akshan.Ich

mag meine Schule,

Dev Krishna Goyal, Klasse– VI

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Purab Golecha, class VIII A

Shivam Choudhary, class X A



Akula Bisht, class X A

Bengia Tagar, class XI B

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